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Fyerool Darma excavates the history of textiles and technology in his material experimentations, interweaving plastic polymers and materials salvaged from our data waste with the empirical and scientific (Artificial Intelligence,...
Fyerool Darma excavates the history of textiles and technology in his material experimentations, interweaving plastic polymers and materials salvaged from our data waste with the empirical and scientific (Artificial Intelligence, algorithms, infographics) to reveal the complex entanglements of our cultural inheritance. He introduces Printed Circuit Boards (PCB), which are reminiscent of Sumerian or cuneiform tablets—the oldest form of inscription, to frame these landscapes where information and materiality are inexorably enmeshed. They are a continuation of his earlier Screenshot series, and derivative of his most recent commission ‘L♥ND$C♥PES R D♥T♥ W♥$TESZ’ (2024) for CHAT Centre for Heritage Art and Textiles Hong Kong, which questions the value and limitations of imaging in our image economy, its subjectivities and its eventual circulation. Blurring the lines between lore, organic forms, handcrafted, and manufactured aesthetics, Darma’s technorganic paintings are shaped by this notion of mythdrift—a transformation where traditional myths are reimagined as para-fictions. These narratives, like data in flux, are constantly rewoven with emergent technologies, creating new, ambiguous forms.